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Major General (since 1983),
Russian Airforce; graduated from Flight School Stalingrad in 1950;
pilot of the airforce from 1950 to 1957; graduated from Highschool for
Military Pilots, Arvamir, 1952 and worked then as an instructor pilot,
1958 he graduated from testpilot school; since 1965 he worked for the
Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI); since 1958 he worked
for the OKB Mikoyan, from 1962 until
his death he was leading test pilot; from 1961 until 1977 he got 18
world records for pilots (including three absolute records on E-166 and
MiG-25-jets; since August 31, 1977 he holds the world record for planes
that take off under their own power (123,524 feet); 1977 he performed
the maiden flight of a MiG-29; 1966 he became Hero of the Soviet Union
and 1969 he meritious test pilot of the Soviet Union; later he was
involved in the EPOS "Spiral"-Program (May
1976 - September 1978); he died in a crash of a MiG-31 (together with
V. S. Zaytsev)